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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHEASTERN GARRETT COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 459 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FRIENDSVILLE TO NEAR ACCIDENT TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BITTINGER TO NEAR DEER PARK, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
TO FALL. THIS COULD INJURE THOSE OUTDOORS, AS WELL AS
DAMAGE HOMES AND VEHICLES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY
DOWNED TREES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUMBERLAND, FROSTBURG, KEYSER, WESTERNPORT, BEL AIR, LA VALE, FORT
ASHBY, LONACONING, PIEDMONT, ELK GARDEN, KITZMILLER, RIDGELEY,
CRESAPTOWN, POTOMAC PARK, WILEY FORD, ECKHART MINES, MOUNT SAVAGE,
RAWLINGS, ELLERSLIE, AND BARTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
DAMAGING WIND AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE OCCURRING
WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF
NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3972 7862 3954 7865 3954 7866 3946 7874
3944 7877 3936 7882 3933 7887 3933 7889
3928 7893 3939 7926 3972 7911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 276DEG 45KT 3970 7933 3963 7928 3951 7929 3945
7937
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJL
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